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(Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master; "under Roman law addiction was the justification for slavery"
an abnormally strong craving
being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) (同)dependence, dependance, dependency, habituation
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言葉遣い,言い回し,語法 / 発声法,話し方
(物事に)熱中すること《+『to』+『名』》 / (麻薬などの)常用《+『to』+『名』》
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Diction (/ˈdɪkʃᵊn/; Latin: dictionem (nom. dictio), "a saying, expression, word")^[1] in its original, primary meaning, refers to the writer's or the speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression in a poem or story.^[2]^[3] A secondary, common meaning of "diction" means the distinctiveness of speech,^[3]^[4]^[5] the art of speaking so that each word is clearly heard and understood to its fullest complexity and extremity, and concerns pronunciation and tone, rather than word choice and style. This secondary sense is more precisely and commonly expressed with the term enunciation, or with its synonym articulation.^[6]

Diction has multiple concerns; register—words being either formal or informal in social context—is foremost. Literary diction analysis reveals how a passage establishes tone and characterization, e.g. a preponderance of verbs relating physical movement suggests an active character, while a preponderance of verbs relating states of mind portrays an introspective character. Diction also has an impact upon word choice and syntax.

Aristotle, in The Poetics (20) states that "Diction comprises eight elements: Phoneme, Syllable, Conjunction, Connective, Noun, Verb, Inflection, and Utterance. However, Epps states^[7] that in this passage "the text is so confused and some of the words have such a variety of meanings that one cannot always be certain what the Greek says, much less what Aristotle means."

In Literature

Diction is usually judged with reference to the prevailing standards of proper writing and speech and is seen as the mark of quality of the writing. It is also understood as the selection of certain words or phrases that become peculiar to a writer.

Example: Certain writers in the modern day and age use archaic terms such as "thy", "thee", and "wherefore" to imbue a Shakespearean mood to their work.

Forms of diction include: Archaic Diction (diction that is antique, that is rarely used), High Diction (lofty sounding language), and Low Diction (everyday language). Each of these forms are to enhance the meaning or artistry of an author's work.

Notes

^ Diction, Online Etymology Dictionary
^ http://www.merriam-webster.com/netdict/diction
^ ^a ^b Crannell (1997) Glossary, p.406
^ Littré - Diction.
^ Georges Le Roy, Traité pratique de la diction française, 1911.
^ Crannell (1997) Part II, Speech, p.84
^ Preston H. Epps. (1967). The Poetics of Aristotle: A translation and Commentary. Univ. of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0807840177.

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Examples of diction in poetry
Style and Diction — free software by the GNU Project

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English Journal

Reduced sense of agency in chronic schizophrenia with predominant negative symptoms.

Maeda T, Takahata K, Muramatsu T, Okimura T, Koreki A, Iwashita S, Mimura M, Kato M.SourceDepartment of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. Electronic address: takaki@xa3.so-net.ne.jp.
Psychiatry research.Psychiatry Res.2013 Oct 30;209(3):386-92. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.04.017. Epub 2013 May 14.
Self-disturbances in schizophrenia have been regarded as a fundamental vulnerability marker for this disease, and have begun to be studied from the standpoint of an abnormal "sense of agency (SoA)" in cognitive neuroscience. To clarify the nature of aberrant SoA in schizophrenia, it needs to be inve
PMID 23680465

Personality disorders and the persistence of anxiety disorders: Evidence of a time-of-measurement effect in NESARC.

Vergés A, Kushner MG, Jackson KM, Bucholz KK, Trull TJ, Lane SP, Sher KJ.SourceUniversity of Missouri-Columbia and the Midwest Alcoholism Research Center, Columbia, MO, USA. Electronic address: avhz6@mail.missouri.edu.
Journal of anxiety disorders.J Anxiety Disord.2013 Oct 14. pii: S0887-6185(13)00176-X. doi: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2013.09.012. [Epub ahead of print]
Recent studies using data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) have found that some personality disorders (PDs) increase the persistence of several Axis I disorders. However, these effects are potentially confounded with the data collection wave in which
PMID 24211148

Chimaeric subscapular system free flap for complex oro-facial defects.

L'Heureux-Lebeau B, Odobescu A, Harris PG, Guertin L, Danino AM.SourceDivision of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Montréal, Montréal, Canada.
Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery : JPRAS.J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg.2013 Jul;66(7):900-5. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2013.02.031. Epub 2013 Apr 10.
BACKGROUND: Ablation of locally advanced head and neck cancers generally results in large composite oro-facial defects. Due to the often-large segment of mandible missing, as well as the need to provide skin coverage and oral lining, reconstructive options are limited. We present our experience in o
PMID 23582503

Japanese Journal

漢詩推敲支援システム : 漢詩が持つ制約と詩語表の利用による支援 (教育工学)

邱楓,中村恵一,古宮誠一
電子情報通信学会技術研究報告 : 信学技報 112(300), 31-36, 2012-11-17
NAID 40019523051

漢詩推敲支援システム : 漢詩が持つ制約と詩語表の利用による支援(e-Learning運用/一般)

邱楓,中村恵一,古宮誠一
電子情報通信学会技術研究報告. ET, 教育工学 112(300), 31-36, 2012-11-10
漢詩は文字数が少ないが、守らなければならない制約が非常に多く、初心者では簡単に作成できないという現状がある。本研究では、詩語表(漢詩作成によく利用される語句のデータベース)を導入し、対話型システムを作成することにより、仮令中国語の文法と音韻(平仄、押韻など)が分からなくても、漢詩の制約に叶う語句の生成を可能にする漢詩推敲支援システムを提案する。
NAID 110009642310

マーガレット・フラーのイタリア便り : ローマ共和国崩壊とニューヨーク・ジャーナリズムの台頭

上野和子
昭和女子大学女性文化研究所紀要 39, 17-37, 2012-03
… And in following the same European cultural trend, her romantic diction in her articles became stronger, more succinct, and more realistic. …
NAID 110009423441

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